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Optimal Life Cycle Cost Design of a Bridge (교량의 생애주기비용 최적설계)

  • Park, Jang-Ho;Shin, Yung-Seok
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Safety
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    • v.25 no.6
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    • pp.115-122
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    • 2010
  • The importance of the life cycle cost (LCC) analysis for bridges has been recognized over the last decade. However, it is difficult to predict LCC precisely since the costs occurring throughout the service life of the bridge depend on various parameters such as design, construction, maintenance, and environmental conditions. This paper presents a methodology for the optimal life cycle cost design of a bridge. Total LCC for the service life is calculated as the sum of initial cost, damage cost, maintenance cost, repair and rehabilitation cost, user cost, and disposal cost. The optimization method is applied to design of a bridge structure with minimal cost, in which the objective function is set to LCC and constraints are formulated on the basis of Korean Bridge Design Code. Initial cost is calculated based on standard costs of the Korea Construction Price Index and damage cost on damage probabilities to consider the uncertainty of load and resistance. Repair and rehabilitation cost is determined using load carrying capacity curves and user cost includes traffic operation costs and time delay costs. The optimal life cycle cost design of a bridge is performed and the effects of parameters are investigated.

Design Optimization of Earth Retaining Walls Using the Taguchi Method (다구찌 기법을 활용한 흙막이 가설공법 최적설계 방안)

  • Moon, Sungwoo;Kim, Sungbu
    • Korean Journal of Construction Engineering and Management
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    • v.18 no.1
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    • pp.83-89
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    • 2017
  • Temporary structures provide the accessible working area when building a permanent building structure in the construction operation. Executed in a natural environment, the temporary structure is prone to the external influence factors of underground water, soil conditions, etc. These factors should be carefully considered in designing the temporary structure. The objective of this study is to apply the external influence factors in designing a more reliable earth retaining wall. The research methodology is based on the Taguchi method that has been studied to improve product quality in the industry. An orthogonal array was developed to analyze the interaction between the external influence factors and the internal influence factors. A sample case study demonstrated that the Taguchi method can be used in planning a more reliable temporary structure for earth retaining walls.

LMI Based L2 Robust Stability Analysis and Design of Fuzzy Feedback Linearization Control Systems (LMI를 기반으로 한 퍼지 피드백 선형화 제어 시스템의 L2 강인 안정성 해석)

  • Hyun, Chang-Ho;Park, Chang-Woo;Park, Mignon
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Intelligent Systems
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    • v.13 no.5
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    • pp.582-589
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    • 2003
  • This paper presents the robust stability analysis and design methodology of the fuzzy feedback linearization control systems. Uncertainty and disturbances with known bounds are assumed to be included Un the Takagi-Sugeno (TS) fuzzy models representing the nonlinear plants. $L_2$ robust stability of the closed system is analyzed by casting the systems into the diagonal norm bounded linear differential inclusions (DNLDI) formulation. Based on the linear matrix inequality (LMI) optimization programming, a numerical method for finding the maximum stable ranges of the fuzzy feedback linearization control gains is also proposed. To verify the effectiveness of the proposed scheme, the robust stability analysis and control design examples are given.

Design of Evolvable Hardware based on Genetic Algorithm Processor(GAP)

  • Sim Kwee-Bo;Harashiam Fumio
    • International Journal of Fuzzy Logic and Intelligent Systems
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    • v.5 no.3
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    • pp.206-215
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    • 2005
  • In this paper, we propose a new design method of Genetic Algorithm Processor(GAP) and Evolvable Hardware(EHW). All sorts of creature evolve its structure or shape in order to adapt itself to environments. Evolutionary Computation based on the process of natural selection not only searches the quasi-optimal solution through the evolution process, but also changes the structure to get best results. On the other hand, Genetic Algorithm(GA) is good fur finding solutions of complex optimization problems. However, it has a major drawback, which is its slow execution speed when is implemented in software of a conventional computer. Parallel processing has been one approach to overcome the speed problem of GA. In a point of view of GA, long bit string length caused the system of GA to spend much time that clear up the problem. Evolvable Hardware refers to the automation of electronic circuit design through artificial evolution, and is currently increased with the interested topic in a research domain and an engineering methodology. The studies of EHW generally use the XC6200 of Xilinx. The structure of XC6200 can configure with gate unit. Each unit has connected up, down, right and left cell. But the products can't use because had sterilized. So this paper uses Vertex-E (XCV2000E). The cell of FPGA is made up of Configuration Logic Block (CLB) and can't reconfigure with gate unit. This paper uses Vertex-E is composed of the component as cell of XC6200 cell in VertexE

A Study on the Optimal Loan Limit Management Using the Newsvendor Model (뉴스벤더 모델을 이용한 최적 대출금 한도 관리에 관한 연구)

  • Sin, Jeong-Hun;Hwang, Seung-June
    • Journal of Korean Society of Industrial and Systems Engineering
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    • v.38 no.3
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    • pp.39-48
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    • 2015
  • In this study, granting the optimal loan limit on SME (Small and Medium Enterprise) loans of financial institutions was proposed using the traditional newsvendor model. This study was the first domestic case study that applied the newsvendor model that was mainly used to calculate the optimum order quantity under some uncertain demands to the calculation of the loan limit (debt ceiling) of institutions. The method presented in this study made it possible to calculate the loan limit (debt ceiling) to maximize the revenue of a financial institution using probability functions, applied the newsvendor model setting the order volume of merchandise goods as the loan product order volume of the financial institution, and proposed, through the analysis of empirical data, the availability of additional loan to the borrower and the reduction of the debt ceiling and a management method for the recovery of the borrower who could not generate profit. In addition, the profit based loan money management model presented in this study also demonstrated that it also contributed to some extent to the prediction of the bankruptcy of the borrowing SME (Small and Medium Enterprise), as well as the calculation of the loan limit based on profit, by deriving the result values that the borrowing SME (Small and Medium Enterprise) actually went through bankruptcy at later times once the model had generated a signal of loan recovery for them during the validation of empirical data. accordingly, The method presented in this study suggested a methodology to generated a signal of loan recovery to reduce the losses by the bankruptcy.

A Process Perspective Event-log Analysis Method for Airport BHS (Baggage Handling System) (공항 수하물 처리 시스템 이벤트 로그의 프로세스 관점 분석 방안 연구)

  • Park, Shin-nyum;Song, Minseok
    • The Journal of Bigdata
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    • v.5 no.1
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    • pp.181-188
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    • 2020
  • As the size of the airport terminal grows in line with the rapid growth of aviation passengers, the advanced baggage handling system that combines various data technologies has become an essential element in order to handle the baggage carried by passengers swiftly and accurately. Therefore, this study introduces the method of analyzing the baggage handling capacity of domestic airports through the latest data analysis methodology from the process point of view to advance the operation of the airport BHS and the main points based on event log data. By presenting an accurate load prediction method, it can lead to advanced BHS operation strategies in the future, such as the preemptive arrangement of resources and optimization of flight-carrousel scheduling. The data used in the analysis utilized the APIs that can be obtained by searching for "Korea Airports Corporation" in the public data portal. As a result of applying the method to the domestic airport BHS simulation model, it was possible to confirm a high level of predictive performance.

An Efficient Wrapper Design for SOC Testing (SOC 테스트를 위한 Wrapper 설계 기법)

  • Choi, Sun-Hwa;Kim, Moon-Joon;Chang, Hoon
    • Journal of the Institute of Electronics Engineers of Korea SD
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    • v.41 no.3
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    • pp.65-70
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    • 2004
  • The SOC(System on Chip) testing has required the core re-use methodology and the efficiency of test method because of increase of its cost. The goal of SOC testing is to minimize the testing time, area overhead, and power consumption during testing. Prior research has concentrated on only one aspect of the test core wrapper design problem at a test time. Our research is concentrated on optimization of test time and area overhead for the core test wrapper, which is one of the important elements for SOC test architecture. In this paper, we propose an efficient wrapper design algorithm that improves on earlier approaches by also reducing the TAM(Test Access Mechanism) width required to achieve these lower testing times.

Optimization of Conditions for the Production of Algin-like Polysaccharide by Polyglucuronic Acid C5-Epimerase (Polyglucuronic Acid C5-Epimerase에 의한 Algin 유사 다당류 생산 조건의 최적화)

  • Cho, Gye-Bong;Chang, Pahn-Shick
    • Korean Journal of Food Science and Technology
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    • v.32 no.1
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    • pp.147-153
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    • 2000
  • We could produce algin-like biomaterial of polyiduronan using polyglucuronic acid C5-epimerase with polyglucuronic acid prepared by specific oxidation of primary alcohol groups of four kinds of polysaccharides(corn starch, rice starch, sweet potato starch, and cellulose). The enzyme activity was determined by the modified Dische carbazole methodology with the isolated crude enzyme from the supernatant centrifuged at $100,000{\times}g$ for 1 hr after grinding fresh bovine liver. And then, the optimal substrate, pH, and temperature for the enzyme reaction of polyglucuronic acid C5-epimerase were determined as the oxidized sweet potato starch, 7.0, and $30^{\circ}C$, respectively. Conclusively, it could be possible to epimerize polyglucuronic acid in the oxidized sweet potato starch to polyiduronic acid. Therefore, we could obtain algin-like polysaccharide using the oxidized sweet potato starch and polyglucuronic acid C5-epimerase isolated from bovine liver.

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Selection of Optimum Ratio of 3 Components (Ir-Sn-Sb) Electrode using Design of Mixture Experiments (혼합물 실험계획법을 이용한 3성분(Ir-Sn-Sb) 전극의 최적비율 선정)

  • Park, Young-Seek
    • Journal of Environmental Science International
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    • v.25 no.5
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    • pp.737-744
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    • 2016
  • For electrolysis process using an insoluble electrode, electrochemical performance was greatly affected by the manufacturing method and procedure, such as the firing temperature, pre-treatment, type of precursor solution, coating method, electrode material, etc. Components of the electrode therein is one of the most important factors in electrochemical reaction. To achieve such characteristics, a appropriate ratio of the electrode material should be carefully chosen. The aim of this research was to apply experimental design method in the optimization of electrode component for the maximum generation of oxidants in electrochemical oxidation process. Mixture design, especially expanded simplex lattice design, in DOME (design of mixture experiments) with Design Expert - commercial software - was used to analyze the data. Analysis of variance (ANOVA) showed a high coefficient of determination ($R^2$) value of 0.9470, thus ensuring a satisfactory adjustment of the $3^{rd}$ order special cubic regression model with the experimental data. The application of response surface methodology (RSM) yielded the following regression equation, which is an empirical relationship between the TRO generation concentration and independent variables(mol ratio of 3 electrode components) in a real unit: TRO generation concentration $(mg/L)=TRO\;conc.=98.25{\times}[Ir]+49.71{\times}[Sn]+95.29{\times}[Sb]-16.91{\times}[Ir]{\times}[Sn]-29.47{\times}[Ir]{\times}[Sb]-22.65{\times}[Sn]{\times}[Sb]+703.19{\times}[Ir]{\times}[Sn]{\times}[Sb]$. The optimized formulation of the 3 component electrode for an high TRO (total residual oxidants) generation was acquired at mol ratio of Ir 0.406, Sn 0.210, Sb 0.384 (desirability d value, 1).

Hybrid Techniques for Standard Cell Placement (표준 셀 배치를 위한 하이브리드 기법)

  • 허성우;오은경
    • Journal of KIISE:Computer Systems and Theory
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    • v.30 no.10
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    • pp.595-602
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    • 2003
  • This Paper presents an efficient hybrid techniques for a standard cell placement. The prototype tool adopts a middle-down methodology in which an n${\times}$m grid is imposed over the layout area and cells are assigned to bins forming a global placement. The optimization technique applied in this phase is based on the Relaxation-Based Local Search (RBLS) framework [12]in which a combinatorial search mechanism is driven by an analytical engine. This enables a more global view of the problem and results in complex modifications of the placement in a single search“move.”Details of this approach including a novel placement legalization procedure are presented. When a global placement converges, a detailed placement is formed and further optimized by the optimal interleaving technique[13]. Experimental results on MCNC benchmarking circuits are presented and compared with the Feng Shui's results in[14]. Solution Qualifies are almost the same as the Feng Shui's results.